Dozens have been arrested in a king-sized global hacker crackdown. But itÃ­s unclear whether the charges against these supposed cyber criminals will actually stick.
In one of the largest coordinated crackdowns in the history of hacking and law enforcement, hundreds of people have been raided, questioned, or arrested for being connected with a commercially available program that sells for as little as $40 on the open market. ItÃ­s called Blackshades, and itÃ­s a remote access tool, or RAT as it is known in the computer industry.